Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Tyson Poultry, Inc.
Start: 8/28/2025

1 amputation · 2025088600 · 8/28/2025 · Tyson Poultry, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Tyson Poultry, Inc.
Location: 442 Plant St, WALDRON, ARKANSAS, 72958
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing at a workstation, preparing to hang poultry. The employee reached to close a manual air damper for an air vent, which caught their left middle finger as it closed. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown